NFG vs. YOU, ASCL, NEXN, SFOR, SAA, FOUR, FUTR, KWS, HTWS, and BCG
Should you be buying Next 15 Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Next 15 Group include YouGov (YOU), Ascential (ASCL), Nexxen International (NEXN), S4 Capital (SFOR), M&C Saatchi (SAA), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Future (FUTR), Keywords Studios (KWS), Helios Towers (HTWS), and Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Next 15 Group (LON:NFG) and YouGov (LON:YOU) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
77.7% of Next 15 Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of YouGov shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Next 15 Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of YouGov shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
YouGov has a net margin of 8.41% compared to Next 15 Group's net margin of 7.20%. Next 15 Group's return on equity of 39.87% beat YouGov's return on equity.
Next 15 Group has higher revenue and earnings than YouGov. Next 15 Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YouGov, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Next 15 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Next 15 Group pays out 3,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. YouGov pays out 4,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Next 15 Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Next 15 Group has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YouGov has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, YouGov had 4 more articles in the media than Next 15 Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for YouGov and 1 mentions for Next 15 Group. Next 15 Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat YouGov's score of -0.37 indicating that Next 15 Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
YouGov received 214 more outperform votes than Next 15 Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.89% of users gave Next 15 Group an outperform vote while only 67.27% of users gave YouGov an outperform vote.
Next 15 Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,446.67, indicating a potential upside of 49.76%. YouGov has a consensus price target of GBX 1,350, indicating a potential upside of 61.87%. Given YouGov's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe YouGov is more favorable than Next 15 Group.
Summary
Next 15 Group beats YouGov on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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